Good morning, Greater Sudbury.
Here are some stories to start your day.
Signs of summer: The Market opens this weekend:
The Market will celebrate the start of the 2018 season at 233 Elgin St., next to the CP/VIA Rail station, this Saturday, June 2 at 8 a.m. Back by popular demand, the York Street location will open on Thursday, June 7 at 2 p.m. As a special welcome, the first 150 guests to the Elgin and York Street locations will receive a free gift that will surely make you feel recharged. The Market is open, rain or shine, Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m on Elgin Street, and Thursdays from 2 to 6 p.m. on York Street. Throughout the season, vendors will feature a variety of products, including fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers, smoked meats, baked goods, and handcrafted and unique products. Local performers and community groups will add to the festive atmosphere of The Market with free entertainment.
Final arguments in Robinson Huron Treaty case begin Monday:
Final arguments for the Robinson Huron Treaty (RHT) Annuity case will begin Monday, June 4 in Sudbury at the Radisson Hotel. The RHT Annuity case has been in court since September of 2017. Twenty-one Anishinabek communities with annuitants under the RHT took the federal and provincial governments to court to uphold the augmentation clause contained in the 1850 Treaty. The RHT Annuity case is also being heard with another case involving the Robinson Superior Treaty. At issue is the interpretation of an “augmentation” clause, common to both of the Treaties. The clause provides for increases in the annuity. Twenty-one RHT Anishinaabek nations took Ontario and Canada to court over the Crown’s failure to implement the terms of the RHT. The First Nations RHT beneficiaries have received no increase to the four-dollar annuity since 1874.
Brand new accessible playground opens this weekend:
Residents are invited to attend Cambrian Heights Spirit Day, free of charge, this Sunday, June 3, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. to celebrate the grand opening of the walk and roll Ryan Heights Accessible Playground, located at 736 Bruce Ave., Sudbury. Spirit Day activities will include a free barbecue and donations of household items hosted by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a look at the coming growing season with the Flour Mill Community Farm, and displays of emergency services vehicles and equipment. A ribbon cutting to officially open the Ryan Heights Accessible Playground will begin at noon.Transformation of the Ryan Heights playground to a bright, fun and inclusive play environment has been made possible by the Government of Canada’s Enabling Accessibility Fund and the City of Greater Sudbury’s Healthy Community Initiative Fund.
Nerds unite: Sudbury's geekiest day of the year, Graphic-Con, is June 9 — are you ready?
The nerdiest day on the Sudbury social calendar is coming up June 9. In its fifth year, Graphic-Con is bigger than ever before, said organizer Pierre Dubuc, the children and youth programmer at the Greater Sudbury Public Library, which puts on the event with help from the community. “Compared to last year, we have expanded it quite a bit,” he said, adding that there will be more than 100 vendors, exhibitors and artists at the Sudbury Arena, the event's main venue from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Of course, the first question people always ask about fan conventions is what special guests are coming. Fans of the Power Rangers franchise may recognize the names Jeff Parazzo and Kevin Duhaney, who played the White Ranger and Blue Ranger, respectively. They're the featured guests at Graphic-Con this year. Toronto writer Ryan North who's the man behind Dinosaur Comics, Machine of Death and Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, is the convention's featured author. Several cosplay groups have been invited, including the 501st Legion, who dress up as Star Wars stormtroopers, as well as Klingon Assault Group Star Trek cosplayers out of Timmins and Sudbury.
Morel Family Foundation marks anniversary of Minnow Lake park:
The Morel Family Foundation is set to host a one-year birthday bash for the park it opened in Minnow Lake. June 2 will be a day of fun and entertainment for everyone who helps the foundation celebrate. Starting at noon, there will be a free barbecue, ice cream and bouncy castles and lots of games. That will run until 3 p.m. At 8 p.m. the foundation will host a family movie under the stars – a picnic-style movie screening with lots of popcorn followed by a fantastic fireworks show. “All in all, it's just a great day of family fun,” the foundation said in a news release.
But really, where are you from?': New GNO exhibit open:
What should a person do when constantly asked about their origins, except laughing it off? Florence Yee, a Cantonese visual artist born and raised in Montréal, invites Sudbury’s community to play with its own preconceptions about Asian and immigrant diasporas with her exhibition “But really, where are you from?” taking place at the Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario (GNO) June 1-30. GNO is located at 174 Elgin St. Phone 705-673-4927.
Passenger posts video after Northlander train tips over in derailment near Moosonee:
Passengers were left to clamber out the side of an Ontario Northland train after it derailed and tipped over 24 miles south of Moosonee on Wednesday. One of the passengers has posted a video to Facebook that shows passengers helping each other climb out of the train as it lays on its side. Ontario Northland says there were 80 passengers and crew on board at the time. All of them had been safely transported to Moosonee or Cochrane as of a 12:45 a.m. update posted to the rail line's website. Service is expected to be halted until Monday, says Ontario Northland. Check out the video here.
